Sometimes
“Sometimes” - karro moss, october 2022
Sometimes they say,
stars fall to earth.
To walk among us
without scorching the ground
they forget their brilliance
and hide jeweled cloaks
beneath still waters
at night.
Sometimes they say,
Two souls meet
each sparks
kindled long ago.
When the path becomes lost
they reunite
lighting new hearthfires
around which the people
remember how to dance.
Sometimes they say,
the wild ones
become human.
they trade their hides
for clothes,
claws, wings, and maws
for tongues
to tell stories
about when the animals
could talk.
